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Behavioral health trust fund bill faces opposition and is tabled after committee vote
Summary
Representative SJ Howell’s HB 884 to create a behavioral health trust fund and move $75 million of unspent BISFIG capital funds into an endowment and spend‑down account drew wide proponent testimony and DPHHS opposition citing duplication with the BISFIG commission; the committee tabled the bill following a roll call vote.
A bill proposing a Behavioral Health Trust Fund and an ongoing funding mechanism for community mental‑health services drew extensive testimony Thursday but failed to advance out of the House Health and Human Services Committee.
Representative SJ Howell explained HB 884 would create a trust fund board, an endowment and a statutory spend‑down account to move unspent capital dollars from the Behavioral Health System for Future Generations (BISFIG) capital account into community…
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